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Frank Grace

Birth	:	17 Oct 1918 Dardanelle, Yell County, Arkansas, USA
Death	:	9 May 2010 Russellville, Pope County, Arkansas, USA
Burial	:	New Hope Cemetery, Dardanelle, Yell County, USA
Coordinate	:	35.1750000, -93.2010000
Inscription	:	Married August 30, 1947
Description	:	Frank Grace age 91 of Dardanelle died Sunday, May 9, 2010 at St. Mary's Hospital. Frank was born October 7, 1918 in Dardanelle, AR to the late Christopher Columbus Grace and Cleo Effie Moore. Frank was the fifth child in a family of 14 children. Frank grew up on his parent's farm southwest of Dardanelle, AR and graduated from Dardanelle High School in 1936. He entered Arkansas Tech in 1937 after a cousin, Alf Satterfield, offered him a student job in the dining hall at Tech. He completed a two year agriculture program and enrolled in the University of AR at Fayetteville.... Read More	Frank Grace age 91 of Dardanelle died Sunday, May 9, 2010 at St. Mary's Hospital. Frank was born October 7, 1918 in Dardanelle, AR to the late Christopher Columbus Grace and Cleo Effie Moore. Frank was the fifth child in a family of 14 children. Frank grew up on his parent's farm southwest of Dardanelle, AR and graduated from Dardanelle High School in 1936. He entered Arkansas Tech in 1937 after a cousin, Alf Satterfield, offered him a student job in the dining hall at Tech. He completed a two year agriculture program and enrolled in the University of AR at Fayetteville. The Army interrupted his schooling, and he went into service in 1940 with the 668th Engineers. Frank served his country honorably in France, Belgium, Germany and Czechoslovakia. Frank re-entered the University of AR in 1946 and gradusted with the class of 1947. He accepted a position as agriculture teacher at Havana High School. He then married Beatrice Penrose Grace, whom he met while a student teaching in Mansfield. both taught at Havana for four years and then took graduate work at Ccolorado A&M and the University of California, Davis. They moved to San Jose, California in 1951. Frank taught Veterans Agriculture and High School Agriculture in the Campbell High School, Campbell, California. Frank and Bea returned to Arkansas in 1958, they bought the family farm, built a home and started in the cattle business. Frank taught argriculture at Dardanelle High School from 1967-1969. Frank was extremely involved in the community as he served as a Deacon and Sunday School teacher at New Hope Baptist Church for years. His civic involvement included Justice of the Peace, Veterans Agriculture teacher, the development of the Northwest Yell County Water Association, Soil Conservation Board, Equalization Board, Yell County Fair Board, and the New Hope Cemetery Board. Frank was preceded in death by his wife of 55 years, Beatrice Penrose Grace of Dardanelle; two sisters, Elizabeth Grace Fink of Dardanelle, and Mary Grace Roggencamp of Chicago, IL; six brothers including Tom Grace of Russellville. Jack Grace of Ft. Smith, Glen Grace of Russellville, John Grace of Harrison, and Charlie Grace of Dardanelle. Survivors include three sisters, Inez Grace Overcash of Houston, TX, Anna Lee Grace Richardson of Terrell, TX, and Sarah Grace Whitford of Centerville, AR. He is also survived by two brothers, William G. Grace of Russellville, and Lloyd Ellis Grace of Van Buren, AR and a host of nieces and nephews. Frank Grace; Longtime County Board Member Dies Taught School at Havana and Dardanelle. Frank Grace, age 91, was involved as a member of several Yell County boards for over 40 years beginning in the late 1950's. He died on May 9, 2010, at Saint Mary's Hospital. Although he lived at Dardanelle, he actually began his Yell County career as an agriculture teacher at Havana High School after he graduated from the University of Arkansas in 1947. He and his wife, Beatrice, both taught school at Havana for four years. Grace also taught agriculture at Dardanelle High School from 1967- 1969. He served as a Yell County Justice of the Peace, and was a longtime member of the Soil Conservation Board and several other boards including the Equalization Board, Yell County Fair Board, and the New Hope Cemetery Board. Grace was instrumental in the development of the Northeast Yell County Water Association. He was also a Veterans Agriculture Teacher.

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Frank Grace's memorial is located at: New Hope Cemetery, Dardanelle, Yell County, USA.
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Frank Grace death on 9 May 2010 in Russellville, Pope County, Arkansas, USA
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Latitude: 35.1750000
Longitude: -93.2010000